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Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. [1] Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Republic and its values of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, and the female Liberty portrayed in artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions.
On August 20, 1776, the committee presented their report to Congress. The committee members chose du Simitière's design, though it was changed to remove the anchor of hope and replace the soldier with Lady Justice holding a sword and a balance. Surrounding the main elements was the inscription "Seal of the United States of America MDCCLXXVI".
Since 1886, Lady Liberty has stood as a sentinel for liberty and justice for all, but both the copper exterior and the American interpretation of the colossus has transformed into how it is seen ...
The personification of Columbia fell out of use and was largely replaced by the Statue of Liberty as a feminine symbol of the United States. [ 16 ] After Columbia Pictures adopted Columbia as its logo in 1924, she has since appeared as bearing a torch similar to that of the Statue of Liberty , unlike 19th-century depictions of Columbia.
Lady Liberty Hong Kong; Libertas; Libertas Americana; Liberté (anthem) Liberté, égalité, fraternité; Liberty (personification) Liberty Bell; Liberty Bell (Oregon State Capitol) Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon) Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences; Liberty dollar; Liberty dollar (private currency) Liberty Issue; Liberty Leading the People
One of the earliest proclaimers of this message is Jewish -American poet Emma Lazarus, whose “New Colossus” poem is excerpted on the Statue of Liberty, and who in 1833 wrote in response to ...
Libertas was associated with the pileus, a cap commonly worn by freed slaves: [3]. Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus (πίλεον λευκόν, Diodorus Siculus Exc. Leg. 22 p625, ed. Wess.; Plaut.